Razor.



PATBNTED MDI 28. 1.907. A

S. I. PRESCOTT.

'.RAZOR.

APPLICATION FILED OGT.25.1906.

' fzel/ezzor i `UNITED STATES P,TENTx OFlfI( lla.

' SYDNEY PRESCOTT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THOMAS f DURHAM, OFNEW YORK, N. Y.

RAZOR.

Specification of Letters Patent. l

Patented May 28, 19,07.

implication tiled October 25, 1906. Serial No. 340,510.

To all whom t may con/cern.:

, guard, but to hold a thin blade 7 in l between the walls S and l) of anorma ly open citizen of the United States, residing at N ew York, inthe county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new anduseful Razor, of which the following is a specifica- Ition.

' This invention relates to an improvement l of safety-guards forrazors, and the object ivo thereof is to provide a simple safety-guard2o characters-of reference indicate the same '55 the opposite Walls ofthe s eeve and on each side ofthe blade.

`|liard may be shifted from one side ofthe i .out in the claims hereuntoappended,

tureembodying the invention, Fig. 2 is an l 'to an ordinary razor blade.

sleeve 1 is employed which is slidable over 3o the back of the blade andis provided with pocket, or pockets,l might be formed only on one Wallof the sleeve 1; in the best construcr the pockets of the sleeve. 4 5:ther provided with a lip which may be applied to an ordinary razor or l7 to a special razor -in whicha thin blade is used.

With this and other objects in view, the l invention consists in certainconstructions l i5 ,and combinations which-will be hereinafter fullydescribed and then specifically pointed In the accompanying drawingswhich forni a part of this specification, and in which like parts,Figure 1 is a side elevation of a strucl end e'levgition of thestructure shown in Fig.' 1,'Fig. Bis a cross sectional view on the line4device ein odying tl'ae invention and applied In carrying the inventioninto eil'ect, a

one or more ofl`-set pockets 2. While the tions and as shown, a set ofockcts is located AA safety-guard is provided, and while this guard mayvary widely in construction; preferably as shown, it -consists of aseries ol' from Which lextends one or more lugs 5 arranged to slide inand be held. in position by r[he har 4 is lur- 6 bent outwardly to fornia handle, by means of which the guard may be placed in and removed fromits position.

y -It will be readily understood that th-e adeto the-other by merelywith-drawing it rom'one set of pockets on one side of the blade andinserting it in the other set on the other side of the blade.

In the device shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the sleeve l serves not only tosupport the safetyosition channel l0, the wall tl being provided withdepressions 1l, which engage perforations 12 in the blade. A shank 13 isextended from the walls 8 and ll, before relerred to.

Changes and variations may be Iliade in the structure by which theinvention iscariied into eileet The invention, therefore, is not tohelimited to the precise details oll the structure shown and described.

What is claimed is:

l. ln a razor, the combination with a thin blade, oi'a sheet metalsupport: bont to forni a normally' .open channel for receiving theblade, meansl i'or positioning the blade between the walls of thechannel, means for li'ielging the positioning means to retain the bladethe locking n'ieans having a set of oil'set pockets, and a safety guardhaving a set of lugs arranged to slide in and be held by the oll'setpockets, substantially as described.

`2. ln a razor, the combination with a thin blade, oi a sheet metalsupport bent to vform a normally' open channel for receiving the blade,means for posititniing the blade between the walls of the channel, asheet metal sleeve slidable over the walls of the channel tohold themtogether and retain the blade the sleeve having a set of ol l'setpockets, and a safety guard havingr a set. ol" lugs arranged to slide inand be held by the oll'set pockets, substantially as described.

I-l. ln a razor, the combination with a thin perforated blade., of asheet metal support bent to Alornl a normally openchanncl for receivingthe blade, one oi' the walls oll the channel having depressions thereinl'or engaging the perl'orations ol'A the blade, a sheet metal sleeveslidable over the walls oil the channel to hold tbe walls together toretain the blade the sleeve having a set of oil'set pockets, and asal'ety gard having' a set of lugs arranged to slide in and be held bythe offset pockets, substantially as described.

4. ln a razor, tlic combinatonwith a thin blade, of a sheet metalsupport bent to forni a normally open channel for receiving the bladeari-d. having a shank extended i'roin one end, means for positioning theblade between the walls oi the channel, means for locking thpositioningmeans to retain the l ade the IOO locking means having e set of offsetpockets, and e safety guard hauling e set of lugs are ranged to slideinand be held by the offsetpoeketsy substantially es described.

5. ln e razor, the oombinetion with a blade, of 8 sleeve slideble overthe beek of the bl ade and provided with e set oi two off-set pocketsfony opposite sides, end .LL toothed guard prorespect to the support, esheet metal sleeve slideble over the wells of the channel to hold 1 seidwells together to retain the blade in position, the sleeve beingprovided with a set of ofi-set pockets on opposite sides, and ny guardprovided with lugs arranged to slide in und be held in position byeither of the sets of pockets of the sleeve, substantially es described.

ln testimony whereof, l have signed luy neme to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

SYDNEY l.. FRESCO'l'l Witnesses:

WERNER J. WAHLSTROM. lLENA L. BROWN.

